Poster Signing Event at Sampaio's (plus Vicci and SAMPC photos)

Wow, we had a great time yesterday evening at Sampaio's. Poster artist AJ Garces came up from San Antonio to sign copies of his wonderful 2009 poster, 101X radio was there doing their "remote" thing giving away CDs, tshirts, Carnaval tix and posters and at least 100 folks showed up to enjoy the moment. Smiles were in evidence all evening, so it must have been a success. This is the seventh or eighth time we've done this and each year, it seems to just get better. Carnaval Queen Penny was there...without her, this thing would probably crumble into the sea...making sure all the eyes were dotted and tees crossed. Her right hand person Heather was there also, and we all had a great time recounting stories of Carnaval. Sampaio's folks were wonderful as always, the bartenders were swamped, but managed to pull it off with great finesse. Thanks to Magna and crew.

And thanks to all who showed up. Hope you had as much fun as we did!

We also want to thank Academicos da Opera for their participation in two other events, the Carnaval warmup at Vicci nightclub and at the opening of the now annual Carnaval Poster Show at the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture a week ago. Carnaval Queen Penny took the photos of them that appear below.

Here are some more photos of the poster signing event, and the two of the Academicos da Opera: